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Premium Member Sunrise Meditation
Stop in your tracks

Take a deep breath
Stop and relax

Close your eyes
Exhale a slow deep breath

In your mind’s eye 
It’s early dawn
It’s quiet and serene around you

Look far out at the horizon
There over the peaceful rolling...

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Categories: old poem, freedom, inspirational, introspection, motivation, nature, peace, uplifting,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Revised- As the Midnight Moon Shines Upon Her Eyes
First version 



As Midnight Moon Shines Upon Her Eyes 


In a dream world where fantasies abound 
shall be where my princess is found
Wrapped in her vision an angelic choir
cherubs singing her heart's desire
Her voice soothes...

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Categories: old poem, inspiration, poetry, thanks, wisdom, word play, words,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member A Sixteen Year Old Poem
When it breaks all the memories are gone, and you sit alone and wonder just what you did wrong
All of your dreams are shattered and torn apart, just like the pieces of your broken heart
Looking...

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Categories: old poem, change, feelings, first love, heartbroken, how i
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Providence On Behalf of Love
Providence On Behalf Of Love
 

I that have seen such beauty 
fallen beneath its gleam 
rejected my life’s duty  
to wade thus in its stream  

Saturating me with love  
bathed in moon’s...

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Categories: old poem, beauty, devotion, love, passion, relationship, sensual, soulmate,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dream Shared
Last night I had a dream, 
                            ...

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Categories: old poem, dream, longing,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Poet, the Pen, the Solemn Prayer, In Tribute To Edgar Allan Poe's, Lenore
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The Poet, The Pen, The Solemn Prayer,
("In Tribute To Edgar Allan Poe's, Lenore")

He wrote and wrote tho' so very tired and weary
in his weeping heart lurked many romantic quotes,
such that set eyes to saddest glaze,...

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Categories: old poem, beautiful, creation, dream, heart, imagination, passion, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Remember
*Old poem that I forgot I wrote. Haha. I don't think it's as good as the last one I uploaded but I'm behind so here you go*

REMEMBER
 
Beauty is a state of mind
 
That envelops...

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Categories: old poem, beautiful, body, drug,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Hero, Raven, Poe and First Encounter, Part Two , of Three, Dedicated To Master Poe
The Hero, Raven, Poe And First Encounter,
Part Two , Of Three, Dedicated To Master Poe 
 
 Dying massive suns, exploding black moons,
loaded guns, death arriving far too soon.
Anguish, oozing pain, sad pitiful cries
rotting remains,...

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Categories: old poem, appreciation, art, dark, evil, horror, raven, symbolism,
Form: Rhyme
I Woke Up One Morning
"I Woke Up One Morning."

I woke up one morning as if from a dream, 
I had lived from being a child, to an old age. 
I was struck by anguish and fear until I realized...

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Categories: old poem, absence, beautiful, emotions, family, endurance,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Passion
PASSION

Passion, what is it?
Why do some people have it?
Why don't some people have it?
What is so intriguing about it?

Passion, an intense feeling; a conviction;
a deep interest; a strong desire; a devotion
to an activity, an object,...

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Categories: old poem, passion,
Form: Free verse
The Poem In Green
It’s seen things the likes of which you’ve never seen
It’s been places to which you have never been
A dancing shadow to swift to ever glean
The poem in green

It was born on Friday thirteen
Grew up on...

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Categories: old poem, allusion, color, green, obituary, poems, symbolism,
Form: Rhyme
What Do You See
I found this old poem while helping to clean out a house that was vacant. I hope you 
don't mind that I didn't write it but it was too awesome not to post. Enjoy--------
 ...

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Categories: old poem, angst, confusion, death, devotion, faith, family, happiness,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Dance, Dance, Dance
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE

              What’s that?... You have two left feet. 
           ...

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Categories: old poem, body, dance, encouraging, music,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Hero, Raven, Poe and First Encounter, Part One, Dedicated To Master Poe
The Hero, Raven, Poe And First Encounter,
Part One, Dedicated To Master Poe 

Midnight chill, moon glowing a bloody red
gone life's sweeter thrills, am I truly dead
room has that smell, death groaning echoes deep
dark ringing its...

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Categories: old poem, art, creation, dark, deep, imagery, imagination, symbolism,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member World Day Against Racism
You asked me the other day, my friend, 
who I am and I replied:
I am you in another body!
Yes, it is true,  
Look, how much the same we are,
No matter what, the color
The creed
The...

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Categories: old poem, love, peace,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member To Have Once Kissed the Monster of Sorrows and Burning Death
To Have Once Kissed The Monster Of Sorrows And Burning Death

I slow-walked hot desert sands,
cacti begging to stick my naked feet
volcano sun searing my white-faced skin
why, why has blindness sent me into this inferno
to wander...

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Categories: old poem, dark, death, evil, halloween, horror, judgement, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Darkest of Days, When His Ship Finally Came Home
Darkest Of Days, When His Ship Finally Came Home

A wicked chill, even her house could feel its creep
Tho' silence would not hear its horrific demands.
A dark dream, had awakened her from her deep sleep,
With it,...

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Categories: old poem, art, death, destiny, fate, lost love, prayer,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member ''scars''
These scars on my soul are beautiful and painful,
deep gashes that cannot be seen except in my eyes;
           the sorrow I keep within me is...

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Categories: old poem, death, grief, sad,
Form: Pantoum
Premium Member Diamonds and Dew Drops, O' Don'T They Shine
Light and Dark, World As It Truly Is.......

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Diamonds And Dew Drops, O' Don't They Shine

Diamonds and dew drops, O' don't they shine
loving, I don't want to stop, you're so fine
Darling silk and lace, beauty of...

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Categories: old poem, appreciation, art, dark, light, meaningful, people, symbolism,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Saudade
It's been eons since
Life took us in diametrically different directions
Yet melancholic memories of you
Still bloom in my mind like a flower, filling me with glee

Our fleeting union, I'll forever treasure.  It's strange 
Grieving the...

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Categories: old poem, emotions, fate, longing, metaphor, nostalgia, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Shall Mankind Ever Stop Repeating Insane Actions
Found this old poem today. Written when I was young and thought the world could change if enough humans just saw the Light.
I then did not know, that the Light must be sought and embraced...

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Categories: old poem, art, evil, growth, history, humanity, symbolism, war,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member That Vow, To Yet Again Walk Forested Trails
That Vow, To Yet Again Walk Forested Trails

In forest deep, wondrous gems lay hidden
yet lay he there, in great pain bedridden.
Through his window he could see forest edge
hopes he had, soon became a solemn pledge.
Some...

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Categories: old poem, appreciation, art, courage, endurance, miracle, nature, tree,
Form: Rhyme
A Debutante's Ball To Remember
A Debutante’s Ball to Remember

In the autumn of my life, oft have I recalled that superb summer night,
when I finally experienced my long-awaited heart’s delight.
Family and close friends were all ready for my entry into...

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Categories: old poem, celebration, dance, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Let Me Tell You a Story
and the story goes like this . . .  

I walk up the dusty, dark staircase that had been my favorite place,
     playing with my dolls, make believe, dreaming of...

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Categories: old poem, childhood, nostalgia,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member What Is a Woman
What makes a girl?
Is it not “sugar and spice and all things nice”?
What makes a woman? Oh…all that and so much more
A woman is made of sugar…sweet to the taste
Spice…Oh…she can burn your tongue and...

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Categories: old poem, woman,
Form: Epic

Book: Shattered Sighs